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An auditory illusion: The Shepard Tone Featuring: activity, Creative Commons Image vernhart under CC-BY-NC-SA licence

11 April 2011

It's been called the sonic barber's pole - but what does the Shepard Tone sound like? Try it for yourself... Read more : An auditory illusion: The Shepard Tone

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By Nigel Warburton (The Open University), Derren Brown (Guest)

27 September 2010

Nigel Warburton talks to psychological illusionist Derren Brown about appearance and reality, and what kind of people are most gullible. Read more : Appearance and reality: in conversation with Derren Brown

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London 2012

As the Olympic flame wings its way around the UK, the OU's Aarón Alzola Romero asks: just how immemorial is the Olympic torch relay?

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